internet explorer 4.x

Everytime I try to open IE a message appears stating that IE has performed an illegal operation. When I close that message box another box appears with a message stating that I am restricted from from using the internet connection wizard contact the network administrator. I am running Win98 on my computer and it is not connected to any LAN. Please help.

Everytime I try to open IE a message appears stating that IE has performed an illegal operation. When I close that message box another box appears with a message stating that I am restricted from from using the internet connection wizard contact the network administrator. I am running Win98 on my computer and it is not connected to any LAN.

The first thing that I would recommend is an update to IE 6. IE 4 is no longer supported, and is so riddled with bugs and security holes as to be a danger to yourself and others.

"But," you say "I can't get on the Internet to download it!" We've got that covered--the AOL 9.0 disk has IE 6 on it, since 9.0 requires it. Both versions (for Win98/ME and Win2K/XP) are found on the CD in the AOL9.0 directory as single executable files. I'm sure that you can dig up an AOL 9.0 disk somewhere... heh.

Start by downloading Spybot - Search & Destroy via http://Security.Kolla.de and Ad-Aware 6.181 (or later) via http://www.LavaSoft.nu. Update both programs with the new reference files before doing a scan. It's not so much that you absolutely need both as it's a good cross-check; spyware authors are sneaky.